In its report, EY highlights the fact that Barcelona has attracted enough international company projects to revalidate its place in the group of the ten best European destinations for investment. Specifically, Catalonia closed out 2014 with 108 direct foreign investment projects, an increase of 27% compared to the previous year and one which represented 7,089 new jobs.
After Catalonia, the autonomous communities which attracted the greatest number of foreign investment projects in 2014 were Madrid with 57, the Basque country with 21, Andalusia with 13, and Valencia with 9.
The stimulus in foreign investment pushed the Spanish state into 4th place in terms of the number of projects on a European level, with only the UK, Germany and France ranking higher, even though the ranking was lower, at 7th, in terms of the creation of jobs.